William Harrington was born in Yonkers, New York. By the time he was a sophomore in high school, he was working as a professional musician. While at Cal State, Dominguez Hills he studied composition, performance, electronic music, and prepared piano techniques with Richard B. Evans, who authored the classic book on John Cage, "The Well Prepared Piano." He was also influenced by seminars with several composers including Nicholas Slominsky.

After leaving college he worked in the wholesale record industry for two years where he amassed a sizable collection of electronic and avant-garde recordings before going on tour. He worked as a keyboard technician for several bands including Gentle Giant, before beginning a three year working relationship with Frank Zappa - including three American tours, two European tours, spending several months in the studio working on the album "Baby Snakes" and making a brief, credited appearance in Zappa's movie, "Baby Snakes". He was with Zappa in Paris when Pierre Boulez first visited.

Upon returning to LA, he attended the UCLA Extention Music Business course where he was awarded two NARAS scholarships. He studied record production with Nick Venet (producer of The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater and many others).

His first two CDs, Urban Electronic Music, and UEM Live have received good reviews and airplay on NPR, college and indie radio stations.  In 2006 The American Composers Forum awarded him a SUBITO grant to help defer the cost of his third studio CD, Nuclear Menace which is currently getting airplay and was reviewed in the fall/2007 issue of Signal to Noise Magazine.

He has recently performed at:

• The Ventura Artists Union
• Nova Express Cafe
• The Ventura New Music Festival,
• DUNG MUMMY XXI
• electro-music 2006 (Philadelphia, PA)
• Il Corral
• The Sacramento Audio Waffle (Sacramento)
• Make Music New York (NY)
• The Relax Bar (Experimental Music Series)
• Dangerous Curve
• The Verity Room (Psychogenic Experimental Concert Series)
• The Knitting Factory (Hollywood)
• The Hive
• G3 Lounge (San Francisco)
• Scolari's Office (San Diego)
• Space Rock Con 2007 (Cullman, AL)
• The Luggage Store (San Francisco)